Tag: Entrepreneur

Think you’re too young to start a business? Take a lesson out of Mark Teperson’s book, who gave the boot to his old job to launch the successful Shoe Superstore chain.

Lou Kendall and Heidi Bailey are a pair of entrepreneurs disproving the old adage that you shouldn’t mix business with pleasure, and the LouenHide founders are the stars of this week’s Friday Entrepreneur Fix.

In 2001, 22-year-old finance student Fred Schebesta co-founded digital agency Freestyle Media, growing the business into a successful media agency which sold for $1.3 million just a few years later. Here, the young entrepreneur talks about the importance of learning from your mistakes, first time around.

Microsoft’s acquisition proves tech start-ups are still hot. Want to be next? Learn from what David Sacks did right.

Think you don’t have enough time? Nice try. Here are the most common reasons people don’t take the plunge–and why they don’t hold up.

How Google’s Marissa Mayer gets back in balance, plus tips to help you and your employees do it, too.

Facebook released a trio of highly anticipated features expected to make managing a Facebook page for a business easier.

Starting up isn’t always going to land you fame and fortune. But, if you’re lucky, you will control your own destiny. Before you start up, consider the truth about common myths.

Not many people would be brave enough to borrow $7 million to open a family holiday park while pregnant with their first child, but with business booming six years on, Sophie Bone has no regrets.

The Garage Sale Trail began as a small part of Bondi festival two years ago with the aim of keeping waste off the sidewalks. Now a national event, co-founder Andrew Valder explains how he took it across the country, and reveals his next sustainable business plan.